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    Very nice, wished that Empire would work for me

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    Lets keep focused on the AAR here.

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    Why? Is it that you want to get alot done, or are you having problems?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Seleucid king View Post
    Why? Is it that you want to get alot done, or are you having problems?
    There is just more to manage. England in 1730 has 33 regions - which means I have a lot of budget decisions, borders to protect and generally choices to make.
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    Ah. I understand....Although, I wouldn't know what it's like...never got that far....Lol.

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    Chapter 4: 1730 - 1739 War with French

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    State of the Nation
    England has only been at war with France for only 5 years, but has effectively dismantled the French colonies in the Americas, and with the 13 Colonies now part of the English empire, Queen Victoria was happy with what the "1730 State Of The Nation" report showed that she had achieved in the last 10 years. England now controls 33 regions around the world, with 3 in Europe, 7 in India and an impressive 23 in America. The English Empire was nearly 200% larger than 10 years ago - and at this (and Victoria sensibly guessed - unsustainable) rate England could control 66 regions by 1740. As well as this, the population of the English Empire exceeded 35 million. Victoria I is 72 this year, and feels healthy despite continued rumors about a drinking problem.

    In Europe, England is at war with Portugal, Prussia, the Barbary States and France. This has continued to only involve naval battles, raiding trade routes, and the odd blockade. An army led by General Stirling Shayne, (who is thought to have first popularized the bizarre tradition of having a first name for a last name and a last name for a first name), has been preparing is almost ready to cross the English channel and march to Paris.


    In the Americas, Victoria was re-routing General Cresswell to the Mid West to capture the last French Colonies there. The 13 colonies had added much trade and power to England, but with it came much responsibility and burden as most of the regions were under developed. Victoria planned to change this over the next 20 years by allocating 30% of the English budget to development there.


    In India the war against the Maratha Confederacy has reached a bit of a stalemate. The quality of Confederacy troops fighting England has increased dramatically, but England is still training basic line soldiers (although in superior numbers). The constant rebellions in the Northwest are also causing troubles for the local governors and are making it difficult for India to develop itself further. With most of the trouble coming from religious unrest, Protestant churches were built all over the continent. This should cause - over time - the population to convert away from those Eastern religions. With two powerful fleets also patrolling the Indian Ocean, Victoria has them on each side of the Indian Ocean to protect the trade routes - now a critical part of England's yearly profits.


    Calcutta Rebellion
    In 1732, an army led by General Littleton captured the region Calcutta. This was an important strategic region as it meant that England controlled the entire East coast of India, and didn't need a fleet to patrol there anymore.


    In 1733, a rebellion spawned close to the capital and attacked the Calcutta capital.


    General Littleton was outnumbered 2 to 1, but had the advantage of time to dig in his forces around the city.


    He did not have the weather on his side, as the seasons monsoon started just as the enemy rebels rounded the top of the hill.


    The rebels were numerous, but disorganized. Focusing the English guns on the forces marching towards the middle, they were no match for the English crossfire and were quickly cut down. One single volley was reported to cut down a full one quarter of a peasants regiment of 120. The downside of this central focus was that the rebels were able to flank the English on both the East and West sides. Hand to hand combat broke out on either sides with no clear winners - both sides were fighting equally.


    Ordering the center of the English forces to march out into the center of the battle field and split off to the left and right - in an attempt to flank the rebels - was not easy. The English success in the center had left hundreds of dead and dying Rebels in the field, and although many were dead, many more were wounded, which was still a danger to English troops. Finally in position, Littleton ordered the flanking English to shoot one last volley and charge in the peasants. The volley was deadly, and the follow-up charge routed the rebels


    Littleton was finally victorious. Although he had won, several of his units were down to less than a dozen men each - the years of fighting and attrition in Calcutta had taken their toll. When receiving word of the situation in Calcutta, Victoria immediately budgeted money in the coming years, as it was an important strategic region for England.



    France
    In the Winter of 1734, General Shayne assembled the last of his invasion force and set sail for the coast of France.


    Landing on the beaches of Normandy with no resistance at all, General Shayne marched straight across the countryside to Paris.


    Stirling Shayne arrived at the gates of Paris and found roughly about 1200 hastily assembled and poorly armed citizens waiting for him. It seemed that France was so busy with it's defense of Amsterdam from the Prussians, that it had seriously neglected it's home land. Any other enemy would have had to fight through Spanish controlled regions, but coming from England, the French were completely surprised.


    Marching into the town, Shayne strived to get the troops onto higher ground.


    The English were well trained and fired at the first wave of French mobs. They were swiftly cut down and retreated.


    The remaining French elected to garrison themselves in the towns buildings on the outskirts of town. Shayne ordered the English linesmen to surround the buildings and pepper them with musket fire. This French strategy did not last long either.


    At the battles end, a massive 1200 French troops were killed. Victoria was beside herself with Joy, and Paris was not part of England.


    Brazil
    Off the coast of Brazil, Admiral James Grynes attacked a French trade fleet. It was well defended, and although the English were outnumbered and outgunned, they were confident and attacked.


    Setting up a strafing run, the English and French fleets ran past each other raking each other with cannon balls. Significant damage was suffered by both sides.


    As the first run ended, the French wheeled around for another run, whereas Admiral Grynes tacked hard to the port side and split the French fleet in half. Yes, it was that famous maneuver made famous in the massive North Sea battle against the Prussians in 1719. Even though it was an internationally recognized (brilliant) English strategy, the French Admiral didn't see it in time.


    With the French trade ships on the Starboard side, England sunk them with ease, and then turned to attack the rest of the French battleships. Now the numbers and cannons were in England's favor. Creating a brutal crossfire, the remainder of the French ships were sunk in minutes.


    French Repression (Depression?)
    In 1735, the majority of the year was spent suppressing a French rebellion in France. French defeats were reported off the coast of France and the Ivory Coast where French trading fleets were completely destroyed. General Cresswell's force also arrived at Fort De Chartres in Upper Louisiana. To say that the French were overwhelmed was an understatement.


    In the Northeast of France, a final holdout of French soldiers had garrisoned themselves within a fortress there. After learning rumors that the French resistance was being organized there, Victoria ordered General Shayne to immediately send a large force there immediately. Shayne was in a tough position here as Paris still required a large garrison to repress the population there, so he was only (only) able to assemble a force of about 1200 men. The French only numbered about 500, but General Shayne was worried about that fortress - he had no experience with sieges...


    Attempting to use his large numbers to his advantage, Shayne sent 4 regiments to the West, 3 regiments to the East, and 4 regiments to the front (South) gate.


    As he hoped - even though his forces for easy pot shots for the French in the fortress, the French did not have enough men to protect every wall, and the English were able to get 4 regiments on the walls at various points around the fortress. Choosing the West side to defend, 2 regiments on the East side took control of the walls.


    Running into the courtyard, the East English forces ran for safety into the Barracks there. Taking positions at the windows, they fired onto the French general. The general was overwhelmed and froze... and was then shot and was left to freeze in the snow...


    The fortress was England's, and the last of the French Resistance in France was finally gone. All that remained was the French outpost of Amsterdam.

    A new Trade agreement
    In 1736, as news was being heard around the world of England's simultaneous French victories, English Diplomats were in heavy agreements with the Ottoman, as news that Nagpur in India had been captured.


    The deal was finally hammered out, it was costly, with some agriculture technologies gifted to the Ottoman Empire, but it was also a lucrative deal, the Ottoman empire was vast.


    A New Leader
    In 1737, at the ripe old age of 79, Victoria passed away.


    Before she died, Victoria somehow made sure that Anne I would be crowned Queen of England. At 35 years old, she was relatively young, and had a reputation for being harsh, but was also known to manage her finances very carefully. England was in a strong position. Victoria had focused much of her effort on making the American and Indian colonies profitable, and was successful, the yearly English income was now over 12,000 pounds.


    Foreign news was also received that Portugal had captured Madrid. How this happened, it was not clear, but Anne resolved to send a spy into the Iberia Peninsula to spy on troop movements. Although Madrid was recaptured by the Spanish the following year, this showed to Anne that the Spanish - like the French - were not defending their homelands as well as they should be.


    News was also received that a near undefended New Orleans had been captured for England.


    Amsterdam
    In 1739, General Shayne landed off the coast of Amsterdam and attacked it the next morning. Amsterdam was defended by a large fortress and 700 men. General Shayne came prepared, with just under 2000 English troops.


    Attempting the same siege strategy he used Northeast of Paris, he expanded it and sent 3 regiments to the West, 1 right around to the North, 4 to the East, and 4 to the South entrance.


    Able to scale the North walls without resistance, English troops were able to surprise the French from behind and fire down into the courtyard.


    The West walls were a different story. The French were ready for the English here, and with bayonets ready, the English stormed the wall to find a wall of French aiming their rifles at them. It was a blood bath, and the last of the English troops over the top of the wall found themselves climbing over piles of bodies 3 or 4 men deep.


    Some French cannons inside the fort surprised the a English regiment on the East wall, firing and destroying their own wall - but in the process, killing over 60 English soldiers.


    This in turn created an easy gap for the English to rush through, the English charged into the French.


    The French were brave, but no amount of bravery could stop the superior numbers and training of the English. Surrounding the last of the French forces in the middle of the courtyard, the last of the French were gunned down.

    Amsterdam was England's, and the French nation dissolved...


    1739
    The French nation was finally destroyed. There were a few remaining French colonies that became independent. Queen Anne I sent a fleet to New Orleans to pick up the massive force on rest and relaxation there to send them back to the Caribbean to claim a few rebel states and then the last French Colony in the Northeast island of Nova Scotia. England's empire was really starting to grow in leaps and bounds. Who was next to face the English firing squad?

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    AWESOME!!!!!

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    Default Re: [ETW AAR] England Expands the Empire (Chapters 1-4 so far)

    Chapter 4: 1730 - 1739 War with French

    weee! Nice AAR M8 .

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    Chapter 5: 1740 - 1749 The Liberation of India
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    State of the Nation
    Queen Anne I scanned over the "1740 State of the Nation" report. England now controls 43 regions, 6 in Europe, 12 in India, and 25 in the Americas. The English Empire population has skyrocketed to 132 million.

    In Europe, England continues to fight wars with Portugal, Prussia and the Barbary States. With so much of England's energy being expended everyday on the French, (common curses of the day always included "You dress like a Bloody Frenchman", "You're as ugly as a French Maid", "Your mother was French Whore"), Anne found herself without a clear long-term plan. It had always been for hundreds and hundreds of years, "Lets kill the French". Now what? Anne decided it was time to end the wars with Portugal and the Barbary States - with force. Plans began to be made to assemble the troops in Amsterdam and send them down the coast and into the Mediterranean.


    In the Americas, the plan is much clearer. England is actively cleaning up the orphaned rebel French states. England is still at war with the Huron Indians, but as they have retreated so far north, they have not been seen for 20 years. Cresswell has been given a long term plan that will likely take 40-50 years to complete. Move up the North American Coast and around the Arctic circle, capturing the Huron Indians, and any other small Indian nations along the way.


    In India, England has finally gained an upper hand over the Maratha Confederacy, and is now winning over 80% of the battles against the Confederacy. The fighting is still fierce, but progress is being made. As England pushes North capturing regions from the Confederacy, the Confederacy is also pushing forward and taking regions from the Mughal Empire. It's a brutal series of occupations that is ravaging the Indian continent. The long term plan here is to continue to push North. It seems likely that in the next 10 years there will be a resolution here, with either the Maratha Confederacy or Mughal Empire falling...


    There are still some heavy English loses in India, such when General Charles Hutton lost his entire army in 1740, now infamously known as the Hutton maneuver, where Hutton fell off his horse and charged across the field at the enemy on foot (and completely solo). It was brave, and rallied the English troops to continue fighting a tough battle, but ultimately resulted in his (heroic) death when he reached the Confederacy lines and was unceremoniously shot in the head by a junior officer.


    More Pirates?!

    In 1740, while sailing to the Northern part of South America to capture some rebel Indian states, General Cressweel came across a new generation of pirates in Punda, deep in the Caribbean Ocean. No one knows exactly where they came from, but it is rumored that they contain many members of the former French Navy who had nowhere to go after the fall of Paris and Amsterdam. With the General Cresswells American army being one of the most successful and well trained armies in the English Empire, the pirates - being former French soldiers or not - were no match for Cresswell and Punda was captured.


    In 1742, word was received that another Pirate uprising was put down while capturing the Windwind Islands.


    Dutch Resistance
    In Amsterdam, the Dutch resistance attempted to use the region turmoil to stage a rebellion. The rebellion was ill-timed however, as the English forces stationed in Amsterdam had just been replenished from the French and were at their peak strength. The Dutch Rebellion was basically just English target practice.


    Riddell's Last Stand
    In India, General Colbert Riddell fought for control of the Udaipur. Nearly 3000 men fought that day, but because of the monsoon rains and poor visibility, documentation of the battle was impossible.


    This was probably for the best, because the battle was rumored to be a chaotic affair, and Riddell's leadership in such conditions was questionable.


    Luckily for Riddell the result was favorable. Unluckily for Riddell, he was killed in the battle.


    A Change of Guard
    In 1744, while capturing some rebel Indian states on the Northern section of South America, one of England's great generals, General Cresswell died naturally in his sleep.


    Cresswell was an old man, so this event was not unexpected, and a senior office by the name of Deacon Rodney was ready for promotion to general and to continue the American campaign.


    The Last Stand of the Maratha Confederacy
    The Indian campaign continued successfully, until 1745, when General Riddell's replacement, General Jeffery Gibbons, laid siege to Akbarabud, in the Northeast of India. This was the last region controlled by the Maratha Confederacy. It was Monsoon season again, but both sides had about an equal number of men.


    The Confederacy defense was being led by General Dhanush Khangarot. General Khangarot was confident because he was protected by a fort, and surely with this rain, the English wouldn't be able to climb the walls.. Gibbons on the other hand had no intention of trying to climb the walls in this weather... as he had cannons...


    The cannons were aimed at the walls, and before long, holes started to open up.


    Getting within range of the holes, the English forces concentrated their fire into the holes in the walls and awaiting Confederacy forces just through the holes.


    Giving up on the walls and under heavy cannon fire, the Confederacy started to retreat to the center of the fort. Gibbons used this opportunity to send two regiments around to the East side of the fort and climb the walls. From there vantage point, the English regiments had a perfect position to snipe into the courtyard.



    The Confederacy forces were pushed back further and further until they were huddled in a large circle around the Confederacy flag. Refusing to surrender, they were surrounded and killed...


    And with that final blow the Maratha Confederacy was destroyed.




    The Akbarabud region was still not entirely England's yet, as the Mughal Empire had several smaller strike forces ravaging the land. These were dealt with swiftly.


    A Daring Attack
    One Mughal Empire strike force of note was particular daring. A small force led by General Jai Kachhwaha attempted to assault the walls of Akbarabud and sabotage the fort. Luckily spies had alerted England and forces were ready, hiding and awaiting Kachhwaha's stealth attack. Kachhwaha climbed the walls...


    Ran across the ramparts...


    Down the stairs into the courtyard...


    Across the courtyard - and it was then that 4 regiments of English linemen appeared and began to open fire...


    Kachhwaha urged his men to continue forward. The mission was off, but if he could make it to the center and steal the English flag, he could still rally his troops and gain a morale victory. "FOR MUGHAL EMPIRE!!!" he screamed and continued to charge.


    Reaching the flag, he looked back and realized he was completely alone - and it wasn't because his men were cowards, it was because they were all dead. As his robes were a different and lighter sandy color he was camoflaged and had not been seen racing across the courtyard... now he was close enough that he could be seen... realizing in panic what was coming, he turned and looked directly into the English rifles...


    The Battle for Punjab
    With the Confederacy gone, the Mughal Empire were no longer splitting their forces between fighting England and the Confederacy, so the fighting had become more intense. In 1748 Sindh was captured in a brutal but otherwise one sided affair, while General Gibbons continued the campaign North towards Punjab. Punjab was defended with 1000 men - most of them town militia.


    As Gibbons marched towards the city center, regiments of mobs were sent to attack from the left and right flanks. Most of these attacks were dealt with before the men could get within 50 yards of the English.


    On the left side, one regiment from the Empire reached the English front lines. Gibbons ordered the men to rotate to face the Mughal attackers before the two sides clashed. It was only a few minutes before the Mughals retreated in terror.


    With the initial wave of attackers destroyed, Gibbons ordered his best units to assault the garrisoned Mughal units in the town center, while directing the rest of his troops to line up on the East side of town to attack a Mughal regiment encamped behind a stone wall.


    While screams of melee battle could be heard from the town hall, two regiments of English linemen lined up and started to march across the field.


    It was a trap!! A regiment of Mughal swordsmen had been lying in the long grass, and sprung up to attack the English. Luckily the English were facing the ambushing swordsmen, and opened fire on them.


    Alas, the swordsmen were no match for the volleys of English muskets and quickly ran from the field. A couple more volleys were fired into their fleeing backs, before attention was turned back to the encamped Mughals. By now another regiment had reached the battle in the field, and had time to flank around even further to the East, to create a crossfire - and also negate the defensive positioning of the Mughal regiment.


    With the overwhelming numbers of the enemy, the utter defeat of all other Mughal units, the last of the enemy routed from the field and Punjab was England's.


    Arriving at the Enemy's Door
    In 1749, fleets from Amsterdam arrived off the coast of Portugal with a strike force led by General Stirling to capture Lisbon.


    General Cresswell also landed off the coast of Newfoundland, where he planned to take the last of the former French states.



    The Battle for Lisbon
    General Stirling lined up the troops into a long line and marched towards Lisbon...


    but something was wrong... where were the people? The troops? The defense of this great city? Then on the far side of the town, the enemy was spotted. They were lined up in a long line similar to England. Stirling ordered a regiment of linemen to march forward to take and garrison the town hall.


    Portugal responded by charging cavalry through the streets.


    In fact, Portugal charged all their cavalry forward. As Stirling managed the lines, he forgot about one critical part of his force - the artillery, who were overrun by the flanking and charging Portuguese cavalry.


    Wheeling around, Stirling sent a regiment back to attempt to relieve the artillery - who were looking pretty much like they were overrun and broken. Focusing on the artillery, Stirling made another mistake and suddenly found his OWN generals bodyguard was under direct attack from some charging Portuguese.


    Stirling pulled back, and quickly realized that he had lost some of his favorite bodyguards. "Portugal will pay for this!" he muttered as the regiment of linemen he ordered to intercept the cavalry clashed
    and fought them hand to hand.


    Meanwhile in the town, there was fighting in the streets, where an English unit was trapped between a Portuguese cavalry and Portuguese town mob. Focusing on the town mob for a few volleys, the well trained English soldiers were able to rout the mob, before turning on the cavalry. It seemed like it was almost too late before some English relieve charged around the corner and attacked the rear of the cavalry. It was a small and costly victory, but it enabled the last of the regiment to capture the town hall, securing the city.


    With the town hall captured, Stirling marched his troops to the East side of the city, where the last of the Portuguese forces were lined up. This looked to be the strongest units, it looked like the hardest part of the battle was still to come. The Portuguese kept testing the English, sending small untrained units to basically be target practice for the English.


    Finally the Portuguese General Anes charged at the lines, intent on breaking through and fighting Stirling face to face. Stirling was never going to let this happen, and the full force of the English army fired on the charging Portuguese General. 50 yards out 20 cavalry were charging.


    At 10 yards there were only 10 left - at which point some of the cavalry started to turn to retreat. Then there were 5, 3 and with the last volley the General himself was killed.


    Lisbon was England's!


    With the capture of Lisbon, the nation of Portugal had been destroyed.


    Spain immediately sent a diplomat with an interesting offer. Spain offered a lucrative trade agreement, and a good chest of gold, if England surrendered Portugal to Spain. Anne met with her advisors and discussed the deal. A big positive was that another trade partner of this size would make England even richer and England would not be left with the mess of the Portuguese rebels who were ravaging the countryside after the capital fell (It was well known that one of the reasons Lisbon was not defended as well as it could have been was because they had troops fighting against the Spanish deep in Spain territory - and Portugal were not expecting a sea assault. The only negative was that England was losing a small region, so Anne decided this was a good deal and approved it.


    Kashmir
    At the end of 1749, news was received that Kashmir was captured by England. With that, the entire Indian Continent was under English control!

    Summary
    India has been conquered. Apart from poorly equipped New Spain, America only has small Indian nations to fight, it seems that all that is left to fight for is Europe...



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    Nice new update!

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    Very nice update m8. Well done.

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    I liking the story but i'm not happy that Great Britain is called England.What about me,the other Scottish,the Irish and the Welsh?

    But anyway,great story



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    Quote Originally Posted by Magnificent One View Post
    I liking the story but i'm not happy that Great Britain is called England.What about me,the other Scottish,the Irish and the Welsh?

    But anyway,great story
    I have to admit that when I first started writing this I kept writing Britain and had to change it. That is what the faction is called "England", so I've ignored the obvious weirdness that goes along with that.
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    Default Re: [ETW AAR] England Expands the Empire (Chapter 6 added 7-Aug-2009)

    Chapter 6: 1750 - 1759 Into the Middle East

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    State of the Nation
    For 50 years now, England had been successfully expanding around the world. Reading the "1750 State of the Nation" report, 45 year old Queen Anne I was elated with England's progress, and especially with hers. In the 13 years since she had taken control of the English empire, the empire had nearly doubled in size. England now controls 53 regions around the world, 6 in Europe, 16 in India, and 31 in the Americas, and the population was now nearly 200 million.


    In Europe, England continues to fight wars with Prussia and the Barbary States. It took 10 years to capture Portugal, and now that the fleet has been reunited with the General Shayne's army in Lisbon, plans have been drafted to sail into the Mediterranean to conquer the Barbary States. Meanwhile in the North, Anne has ordered a new army to be trained in London to take the battle to the Prussians.


    In the Americas, General Rodney is continuing General Cresswells momentum and is conquering the last of the Indians in the far Northern territories. It is expected that it will take Rodney 10 years to conquer the last of the independent nations in the North, including the Huron Indians who have not been seen for 30 years now.


    In India, England is supreme. Mughal Empire controls one last region in Afghanistan, and armies are pushing in that direction. Anne also drafted plans to conquer the Persians in the Middle East. Spies have reported lands there with much potential, and having a land trade route directly to the Mediterranean would be a huge advantage to England.


    Into the North
    In 1750, Rodney landed off the coast of Montagnais, attacking a hoard of over 2000 Indians there. With his companies experience in fighting large numbers of Indians, he was able to repel them. The Indian formula for fighting wars was always the same. Charge at the English, get killed and retreat, attack with the 2nd wave, die/retreat and lose. Even with only 1200 men, Rodney killed 1700 Indians and only lost 200 men. I think you could call that a comfortable victory.


    End of the Mughal Empire
    At the end of 1750, the last of the Mughal Empire was destroyed by the Persians. Afghanistan quickly became a rebel region and was captured with little bloodshed, the whole of the Indian continent was all England's!


    Barbary States
    In 1751, General Stirling Shayne captured Algiers from the Barbary states, and a year later in 1752, Tunis was also captured. Both regions were woefully undefended, each battle losing a combined 33 Englishmen. It seemed that the English soldiers had a higher chance of dying eating the local foods than fighting battles.

    In 1753, Algiers staged a rebellion, but like the Barbary defense, it was underprepared and put down with ease and little English loss.


    An Interesting Offer.
    Queen Anne I was enjoying a nice holiday off the coast of Amsterdam when an envoy from Karl XII of Sweden arrived. Anne had a soft spot for Sweden as her husband was a Swedish prince, and Sweden was one of the few countries that had continuously traded with England for the last 50 years. The Diplomat had arrived with an interesting offer for Anne, Sweden offered an Alliance, indefinite military access to all Swedish regions, a gift of 1000 pounds and complete support for England's ventures. In return for the alliance, they asked for the small region of Goa in India. Sweden was very interested in expanding their trade interests in India, especially since England had stabilized the area. Anne accepted the deal, realizing for a small region that did not produce much revenue, she would have support of a strong Swedish navy in the coming years of war against Prussia.


    A very interesting deal indeed.


    General Stirling Shayne
    In 1754 General Stirling Shayne died naturally in his sleep. He would be remembered in England's History as an important and successful general - he had led the conquering English armies into France after all!! Anne ordered a large memorial to be built in the center of Paris to remember him.


    Huron attack
    In 1754 General Rodney landed off the coast of York Factory in the Northwest Territories and England had it's first meeting with the Huron Indians in 34 years.


    The meeting did not go well when one of Rodney's nervous lieutenants panicked when one of the Huron elders reached into his bag for a pipe and shot him dead. The resulting scuffle left the lieutenant killed with a tomahawk in the head and 4 Huron elders dead. It seemed that the Hurons had not forgotten anything over the past 34 years and the war continued.


    Lining up outside York Factory, Rodney ordered the cannons to bombard the city center. Retiring to his quarters, he accidently fell asleep waking up sometime after midnight... he then realized what had happened and ran out for a report. The cannons had long since run out of supplies, and half of the men were asleep where they stood in their orderly lines.


    Realizing that the battle was over for the day, he withdrew until tomorrow. It seemed all he had accomplished was planting some cannon balls into the Huron Village green.


    Early the next morning, General Rodney awoke and attacked the Huron's again. He was much more aggressive and ordered the regiments to march forward, and his cavalry to attempt to flank and charge the Huron Chief. The Cavalry was far from successful because of Hurons hiding in the forest and had to retreat. The Hurons rushed forward to meet the English.


    Round after round was fired into the charging Hurons for several minutes, but with the shear number of Hurons, hand to hand combat was unavoidable.


    The English were able to hold their lines and eventually beat back the Hurons, chasing the last of them into the Arctic wilderness. The Hurons were finally defeated.


    Persia
    In 1755, General Manton brought an army up the Indian coast to Esfahan, the capital of Persia. Facing an army of roughly equal size, Manton attacked the city. General Manton was born and raised in one of the original English colonies in India, and had carved a solid, but otherwise insignificant career in the army. He was given his first real task to capture Persia. Marching in formation, the Persians could be seen on the other side of the city. It was obvious that most of this battle was going to be fought in the streets of Esfahan. Stopping at the very outskirts of the city, Manton waited to see what the Persians would do next. The Persians responded by sending small units to attack the flanks of the main English force.


    The battle continued for 20 minutes before more Persians were rushed through small gaps between the buildings in an attempt to concentrate the battle on small parts of the English line.


    The Persians were suddenly close enough to fight hand to hand, and fighting became particularly intense.


    With the Persians finally defeated on the outskirts of town, Manton moved his forces deeper into the city, capturing each building one by one. The Persians were a strong force, but seemed content to send small regiments to fight the entire English army, instead of fighting with their entire army. Picking off the enemy piece by piece, Manton captured the city, and with it, the Persian region.


    The Insanity of Queen Anne
    Anne received plenty of news as 1755 closed. As well as the Persians, the last of the Barbary states was captured. With this came a message from the Ottoman Empire. Sitting in a box, was a bloody head of a well known English Trader, with a note: "You scum, don't think that you will get away with capturing my Barbary States, with Allah on my side, I will destroy you". The Ottomans had declared war and cancelled the trade agreements with England.


    Anne was furious, and was in such a state, noblemen in later years would pinpoint that exact moment as the one that Anne lost her mind. It didn't help when Morocco also declared war early in 1756. Anne ordered a message to be taken to General Manton immediately to move North to Istanbul, and for General Rodham (General Shayne's replacement) to bring reinforcements from the Barbary States to Egypt. They were to attack immediately, and with that, the Middle East war had begun and Queen Anne's decline into insanity had begun.


    Expansion
    In 1758, news of the first victory over the Ottomans was received - Rodham had captured Egypt.


    News was also received from Morocco, where the capital Tangier had been captured. In 1759 Jerusalem was captured, and General Rodney conquered the Plains Indians in North America.


    As 1759 closed, the Prussian invasion force was finally ready. It was loaded on a large fleet and sent to the North to finally fight the Prussians on their home soil.


    A large naval skirmish was reported off the coast of Norway against the Prussian fleet, Anne was pleased that she could finally cause the Prussians some damage, as the enemy fleet was utterly destroyed...


    Summary
    Anne was seen around London more and more muttering to herself and boasting loudly to anyone that would listen that she was going to "CONQUER THE WORLD". Several senior members of society stopped inviting her to their parties... She started to talk of declaring war on everyone, but the English parliament wasn't quite buying into that idea quite yet. As 1759 closed, England was in a strong position with several armies poised to capture many regions from the Ottomans - who were still busy fighting off the Russians in the North... and Queen Anne was now quite insane...
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    Great work here. Top-notch work.


    Marxism is evil.

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    Queen Anne is mad with power? I wonder where that road will go.....

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    We'll soon find out. Well done again a class AAR.

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    I'm working on the next update now. The next 10 years are the most action packed so far, so I'm trying to keep it condensed and interesting. Hopefully I'll have this update early next week...
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    Ok...we can wait.

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    Why oh why are all the good AARs on hold?

    You might want to go after Austria once you have crushed the Ottomans, as they seem to be encroaching upon what had once been Ottoman territory.

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